General study on manner and human being formation

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In summary, how do Japanese people relate to manners and etiquette, and how has this substantially changed? What sorts of problems have arisen as a result of the loss of substance in manners nowadays? And what are we to do about manners in order to ensure that our children and young people grow up not only participating in public life, but also doing so with dignity and learning? The scope of manners is broad – it is not unrelated to the whole area of citizenship education, which has become more mainstream over the past few years. This research not only places manners and etiquette at the forefront of the issue, it also needs to consider the subject from the following five issues: (1) what the substance of manners comprises, (2) how manners have come about throughout history, (3) what the social function of manners is, (4) how manners have been preserved, and (5) how manners have been taught.